Who doesn’t love pinball? I challenge any of our readers to enter an arcade with a couple of quarters and not play pinball. There’s just something about being able to actually manipulate something in real time as opposed to playing an avatar on a screen that is blisteringly appealing. The combination of lights, flippers, points, and silver balls. So it’s only natural that PC games featuring pinball simulation have been a bit less popular. Sure, people might play a little pinball on their computer every once in a while, but not compared to the amount they play in the real world.

That’s where NanoTech Entertainment comes in with their new Pinball Wizard Controller. The device plugs into your PC and features “flipper buttons, a real plunger, and the ability to shake the table as well as nudge the ball, through the integration of its MOT-ION I/O Adapter.” In other words, it looks like the front end of a pinball machine and does everything that the real machine can…but you’ll still be looking at your monitor to watch the action unfold.

This will probably only appeal to the hardcore (and rich) pinball video game player, though, as it costs $299. That price is justified, though, by the fact that NanoTech promises that they will update the device to support every pinball video game that ever has or ever will exist. That’s, of course, assuming that the company stays in business from now until eternity.